Finding Nemo

In Finding Nemo there are two hero's journies. After reviewing the info on Archetypes- who are the heroes? What are their thresholds, trials, innermost cares? How are they each changed upon their return to their society?

The very enertaining and amusing kid show, Finding Nemo, also displays two heroic archetypes. Marlin and Nemo fit the archetype criteria to a tee. Marlin is a hero as a warrior, where as Nemo is a hero as a lover.

Marlin is inexperienced, and never travels into the deep sea because Coral, his wife, got ate by a baracuda. In order to prove his love to his son and not suffer another loss, he has to face his fear of the dark mysterious ocean. Along his jouney he encounters many deep sea monsters or sharks and whales. He has a short term memory loss fish, Dory, as a mentor helping him along his journey. He swims across the ocean just to find his son, Nemo, who was captured and put into a fish tank located in a dentist office in Sydney, Austraila. He learns along his journey that he needs to worry less of his son, because eventhough he has a small fin, he is able to care for himself.

Nemo is naieve and inexperienced, the monster he encounters is a boat that takes him away from his home which he never ventures from. Gill, is his old, wise, and strange mentor as well as his teacher. Nemo's threshold would be the fish tank, he wants to deperately escape with all the other fish and be released into the ocean. While he is trapped in the fish tank he goes through initiation, so he can become part of a different family and help the trapped fish escape. Then he risks his life twice by trying to stop the tank filter. The only thing he cares about is getting back to his father, who he realizes how much he truly appreciates and how much he loves. Before Nemo was taken away he told his father "I hate you," after his journey he apologized and learned a valuable lesson.

These two heroes experience more than they ever have before on their dangerous and courageous journey. Once Nemo and Marlin finally meet, they realize how much they take each other for advantage and their relationshship grows. Their relationship will never be the same.